The persistent among you will have seen with my last post that there's a fine line between theory and fantasy, dogma and fiction, dream and reality, physics and philosophy.Istrajni medju vama mogli su primetiti u mom poslednjem tekstu da je tanka linija izmedju teorije i fantazije, dogme i fikcije, snova i realnosti, fizike i filozofije.

The key here, as shown above, is that we should forget about most of what is classed as established and treat most things as emergent. In this sense there's very little that's set in stone in this world and even less that should be. Kljucno ovde, kao sto je prethodno navedeno, je da bi trebalo da zaboravimo sta je klasifikovano kao ustanovljeno i tretiramo vecinu stvari kao pojavne. U tom smislu malo je onoga sto mozemo smatrati konacno utvrdjenim na ovom svetu a jos manje onoga sto bi trebalo fiksirati kao finalni zakljucak.

As the visionary and forward-thinking innovator Jacque Frescoe insists: "There are no final frontiers. People think I'm a Utopian. I don't. Even if I design a city that works, that city will be a straight jacket to the kids of the future. They'll design their own cities. If you build a statue of me and put it in a city, that only holds people back. In order to move forward you have to look at a thing, examine it, improve it and move on." Kao sto vizionar i napredni inovator Jacque Frescoe insistira: "Nema krajnje granice. Ljudi misle da sam utopista. Ja ne mislim tako. Cak i da dizajniram grad koji funkcionise sada taj grad ce biti ludacka kosulja za decu iz buducnosti. Oni ce dizajnirati svoje gradove. Ako napravis moju statuu i postavis je u grad, to samo sputava ljude. Da bi napredovali moramo da sagledamo stvari, ispitamo ih, unapredimo i nastavimo dalje."

The fact is that any sector that clings to established notions is unable to progress and in our world this applies to the most crucial areas of politics and economics. Cinjenica je da bilo koja oblast koja se drzi za uspostavljene pojmove ne moze napredovati, a u nasem svetu to se odnosi na krucijalne oblasti kao sto su politika i ekonomija.

While technology and science continue to evolve and advance exponentially, they are actually held back by frameworks that are prevented from advancing because the system does not allow it, due only to the vested interests of the leading market players. This creates an imbalance that will continue and grow deeper for as long as we allow it to, i.e. for as long as we accept to live by the rules of an outdated system that promotes outdated technologies because of the profit margins of those who already own everything.Dok tehnologija i nauka nastavljaju da evoluiraju i napreduju eksponencijalno, zapravo su sputani okvirima koji sprecavaju dalje napredovanje jer sistem to ne dozvoljava, a sve to zbog uticajnih krugova vodecih trzisnih igraca. To kreira disbalans koja ce se nastaviti i rasti dublje, dokle god mi to dozvoljavamo, t.j dokle god prihvatamo da zivimo po pravilima zastarelih sistema koji promovisu staromodne tehnologije zbog rasta profita onih koji vec poseduju sve.

emergent

...This creates an imbalance that will continue and grow deeper for as long as we allow it to, i.e. for as long as we accept to live by the rules of an outdated system that promotes outdated technologies because of the profit margins of those who already own everything.

I'd say ... as long as we accept to live by system rules _period_
Our feelings and intellectual creativity cannot function & express themselves normally as long as we're bound by such rules. Even ethical rules like the ten commandments may be there only to help us when we're deficient in love or thought.

Abundance for all in harmony with nature is no longer a Utopian dream, but a genuine option. ... "Us or them" is no longer the reality when technology ensures there's enough for "us and them".

But I think the way such Good Life is described lacks in drama, profundity and mysticism ...for most people. And since nature is dynamic, it's not as clear as it might seem what it means to be in harmony with her. Deep down people sense we're servants to something huge, & that we ought to strive for something much more involving than e.g. putting man on Mars.

Re: emergent

Ultimately, I think the only true rules of the 'system' we live in are the 'emerging' rules of physics. We need to maximise our ability - through science and technology - to fully understand and adhere to those rules for one reason: to maximise our existence in this biosphere and free up our valuable time, en masse, to exploring other levels of consciousness - the next evolutionary spiral...